Philip diehl



(No Model.)

P. DIEHL. PASTENER FOR SEWING MAGHINB COVERS. o. 340,991.

Patented May 4, 1886.

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A M am A UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP DIEHL, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY.

FASTENER FOR SEWING-MACHINE COVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,991, dated May 4, 1886.

Application filed October 9, 1885. Serial No. 179,435 (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP DIEHL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Sewing-Machine Covers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Myinvention relates to devices to be applied to the upper sides of sewing-machine tables and the under sides of the rear portions of the covers for the purpose of attaching the backs of the covers to the tables, the fronts of the covers being secured by ordinary locks, the object of my invention being to provide a fastening of the class referred to which will be attractive in appearance, convenient to use, and cheap to manufacture, and which will be so constructed that there will be no liability of marring or scratching the tables by the hooks or catches on the bottoms of the covers. I accomplish the object by providing the table with catches which project slightly above the surface of the table, these catches being preferably circular thimbles adapted to be driven into rerecesses in the tables, and having rounded heads which are open on one side. The cover is provided with catches consisting of flat metal plates recessed into thelower edge of the cover, the recesses being preferably deep enough to bring the lower surfaces of the catches slightly above the lower surface of the cover, so that when the latter rests on the table it cannot scratch the surface thereof. I also prefer to provide the lower side of the cover with pads or buffers of leather or other comparatively soft material, so as to still further diminish danger of scratching the table by the moving contact of the cover therewith when placing the cover in position over the head of the machine.

In the drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a bottom view of a sewing-machine cover with my catches secured thereto, and Fig. 2 is a top view of a sewingmachine table having catches adapted to cooperate with the catches or hooks on the cover. Fig. 3 is a section showing part of the table and cover with the catches in engagement, and Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the catches disengaged. Figs. 5 and 6 are side and plan views, respectively, of the thimble-catches for the table; and Figs. 7 and 8 are similar views of the catches for the cover. Figs. 9 and 10 represent slight modifications in the form and arrangement of the cover-catches, and Fig. 11 is a section showing one of the pads or buffers on the cover.

A denotes the sewing-machine table, and B the cover which is to rest on the same. Attached to the lower edge of the latter are catches b, consisting, preferably, of circular plates with projections b at one side, and with small pointed lugs b at their edges, to enter the wood of the cover, so thata single attaching-screw, 0, will hold each catch in place in such a manner that it cannot turn.

To the table A are attached the catches or hooks a, which project slightly above the surface of the table, and are preferably made in the form of circular thimbles closely fitting in circular recesses in the table, and having their tops rounded or oval,so as to present a neat and attractive appearance, and to avoid liability of catching the work. The catches a are provided with openings a on their front sides, of suitable size to receive the projections b on the catches b.

The outer side of the lower edge of the cover B is provided with recesses d, adapted to receive the projecting upper ends of the catches a when the cover-is being attached to the table, and when it is place thereon, as indicated in Fig. 3.

To prevent the cover from scratching or marring the table when moving in contact therewith, I prefer to use small pads or buffers e, of leather or other similar material, these buffers being attached to the lower side of the cover, and preferably in such position as to extend to the rear edge thereof, so that said pads or buffers, which project slightly below the lower surface of the cover, will receive the weight of the latter when it is inclined, as shown in Fig. 4; or these pads may be merely small cylindrical plugs, as e, driven into holes in the bottom of the cover.

The cover is attached to the table by simply resting the former on the latter in an inclined position, as indicated by Fig. 4, and then sliding the cover rearward or toward the catches a until the projections b have fully entered the openings at of the catches a, when the front of the cover is lowered, leaving the parts in the engaged position indicated by Fig. 3. The front edge of the cover will then be secured by the ordinary catch or lock thereon in the usual manner.

Instead of recessing the catches b so deeply into the bottom of the cover B that their lower surfaces will be above the lower surface of the cover, as in Figs. 3 and 4, these catches may be flush with the lower surface of the cover, as in Figs. 9 and 10, in which case the projections 1) may be turned up slightly, as in Fig. 9, if desired.

By making my catch a in' the form of a thimble, as shown, it is adapted to be driven into a hole in the table A, so as to be held in place by fitting closely in the hole without an attaching-screw or other securing device.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with a sewing-machine table provided with circular recesses, and having also circular thimblrs fitting closely in said recesses and formed with rounded tops which project above the said table, and which are provided with openings, of a cover having catches adapted to enter said openings to en gage the catches on the table, substantially as set forth.

2. A catch for a sewing-machine table, consisting of a circular thimble having a rounded top provided with an opening at one side, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with asewing-machine cover provided with catches, each of which consists of a circular plate having at one side a straight projection which is in line with the body of the said plate, or .nearly so, and having also pointed lugs at its edge, of a sewingmachine table having catches projecting above its surface which are adapted to engage the projections on the covercatches, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a sewing-machine table having catches projecting above its surface, of a cover having catches adapted to engage the catches on the table, and having also pads or buffers of comparatively soft material projecting below the lower edge of the said cover, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with a sewing-machine table having catches projecting above its surface, of a cover having catches adapted to be engaged with catches on the table, and having also pads or buffers of comparatively soft material projecting below the lower edge of said cover and extending to the rear side thereof, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP DIEHL.

p Witnesses:

J AMES G. GREENE, WM. H. INSLEE. 

